The Hall of Awesomeness

Today we were fortunate enough to get a new trampoline from my mother for the kids Christmas present.  Yippee!  So I thought what a great idea to play on the trampoline with the kiddies and jump up and down recalling the glory days of my illustrious youth.  When I went to get off the trampoline however, I learned a very sharp lesson… I am not as young as I think I am!  I slowly put one foot on a precariously placed chair outside of the circular trampoline.   As I placed my left foot on the chair it wobbled… so very wisely thought, you know what it’s time to put the other one down… what a big mistake.

The chair decided that my heavy ass was too much for it and subsequently folded out from underneath me.  I fell FACE FIRST into the hard ground smacking my left eye and right shin firmly into the earth.  At first when I realised what happened I should have known… I am not eighteen I am thirty-one!  I am sore and have quite a serious headache as a result of this spill.  I should also mention that I was an accident prone child  which unfortunately followed me rather annoyingly into my lower to middle aged years!

My final word for this shortish post today is simply this: when it comes to stepping off trampolines I am sure to fall.  My FAIL is only related to my inability to master the exit of a metre or so (a foot and a half three feet for the overseas reader), off the groud, circular “guarded” trampoline.   Can I warn the parents in the audience that next time you THINK to dismount a device primarily designed for ages six and up that you remind yourself that your middle-aged desire to relive your childhood is in no way an indication of your ability to master the thing in question and you should at best keep your distance from said “child thing” until such a time as you are either: fully equipped head to toe with safety equipment OR as far away from the bloody thing as possible!  I am telling you the ice pack on the face and shin is NOT worth it!

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